Bracha Lavee

Bracha Brym-Lavee (born 1948 [ [http://www.bracha-lavee.com/HTML/Bracha.htm Bracha Lavee biography ] ] ) is a Jerusalem-based artist. [ [http://www.mavensearch.com/subjects/563 Jewish Art ] ]

Born Bracha Brym in Poland, she moved to Israel in 1957, where she grew up and studied in Tiberias [ [http://www.bracha-lavee.com/HTML/Bracha.htm Bracha Lavee biography ] ] . She won her first art prize at age seven in Poland, and throughtout her schooling in Tiberias was known as the class artist [ [http://www.bracha-lavee.com/HTML/Bracha.htm Bracha Lavee biography ] ] . In 1970, after graduation of high school and completion of military service, she enrolled in the Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem, where she met her future husband, Menachem Lavee, also a designer and artist and full partner in all of her projects. [ [http://www.bracha-lavee.com/HTML/Bracha.htm Bracha Lavee biography ] ] Producing felt tapestries, prints, and her own line of wearable art in the 80s and 90s, her themes focus on Jerusalem, Israel, and the Bible. [ [http://www.bracha-lavee.com/HTML/Bracha.htm Bracha Lavee biography ] ]

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* http://www.bracha-lavee.com/

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